Italian blogs for Bush

President Bush: "The world has lost a champion of human freedom"

2005-04-02T23:20:00.000+02:00

55th Inaugural Ceremony

2005-01-20T13:38:00.000+01:00

55th Inaugural Ceremony

On what is gearing up to be a chilly but dry day in the nation's capital, President Bush is formally being sworn in to a second term in office during a U.S. Capitol ceremony expected to be attended by a half a million Americans.

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(Foxnews)

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(White House)

GWB Person of the year

2004-12-19T17:21:00.000+01:00

GEORGE W. BUSH IS TIME'S 2004 PERSON OF THE YEAR

For sticking to his guns (literally and figuratively), for reshaping the rules of politics to fit his ten-gallon-hat leadership style and for persuading a majority of voters that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years, George W. Bush is TIME's 2004 Person of the Year.

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(Time)

2004-12-15T12:00:00.001+01:00

President BUSH and Italian Prime Minister BERLUSCONI Discuss Middle East, Economy

PRESIDENT BUSH: There will be two opening statements, and then we'll take two questions per side. Thank you for coming.
Silvio, it's great to welcome you back to our country. I think it's fitting that one of the first world leaders to have visited after our elections is my friend, Silvio Berlusconi. He is a close personal friend. He is a friend of the United States of America. I told the Prime Minister I look forward to working with him over the next four years to make the world a better place for all. And I've got work to do in Europe, and he gave me some very good advice about my upcoming trip. But he always gives me good advice. And I'm proud to have his advice.
We talked about peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. I think there's a very good chance that we can achieve that peace. I look forward to working toward that end. The Prime Minister had good advice on that subject, as well.
He expressed his concerns about the relationship between the dollar and the euro. I told him we're going to take this issue on seriously with the Congress. The best thing that we can do from the executive branch of government in America is to work with Congress to deal with our deficits. One deficit is a short-term budget deficit. Another deficit is the unfunded liabilities that come with Social Security and some of the health programs for the elderly. I told the Prime Minister that Social Security reform will be at the top of my agenda. I campaigned on the issue. I look forward to working with members of Congress to resolve this long-term, unfunded issue, so that the world financiers can take comfort in the fact that this government will address one part of the budget deficit. There's a trade deficit. That's easy to resolve; people can buy more United States products if they're worried about the trade deficit.
But we've had a good visit. And I'm proud my friend is here.
And finally, we discussed our mutual desire to spread freedom and peace. I want to thank the Prime Minister for his understanding about the need for the free world to succeed in Afghanistan and Iraq. He's the kind of man, when he gives you his word, he keeps his word, which is the sign of an impressive, strong leader.
So thank you for coming.

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(The White House)

2004-11-04T14:10:00.000+01:00

PRESIDENT BUSH accept - the video

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2004-11-04T14:03:00.000+01:00

'We Are Entering a Season of Hope'

President Bush vows to fulfill duty for four more years, appeals to Kerry's supporters to help him bring the country together.

2004-11-03T18:32:00.000+01:00

VICTORY

GEORGE W BUSH STILL THE PRESIDENT

2004-11-03T01:21:00.000+01:00

ELECTORAL COLLEGE COUNT

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2004-11-02T17:48:00.000+01:00

Let's Go, George!

Final Polls

2004-11-02T14:16:00.000+01:00

FINAL POLLS

Rasmussen:
BUSH 50.2%
KERRY 48.5%

Washington Post:
BUSH 49%
KERRY 48%

TIPP:
BUSH 50.1%
KERRY 48.0%

George Washington University:
BUSH 50%
KERRY 46%

CBS News:
BUSH 49%
KERRY 47%

Harris:
BUSH 49%
KERRY 45%

FOX News:
KERRY 48%
BUSH 46%

Marist:
KERRY 50%
BUSH 49%

TEN (ITALIAN) REASONS TO VOTE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH

2004-11-01T21:55:00.000+01:00

TEN (ITALIAN) REASONS TO VOTE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH

1. Jenna & Barbara Bush are much better than the Kerry's long face-daughters.

2. We don't really need Kerry's flip-flopping opinions on Iraqi conflict. It's just enough for us to realize the positions of italian left parties.

3. John Kerry is too tall to talk policy with Mr. Silvio Berlusconi.

4. We prefer genuine Italian tomato to Heinz ketchup.

5. Left-Democrats Leader Piero Fassino said: "Bush's second term could be a disaster for our coalition". Wow...

6. Kerry's favourite slogan maybe: MORE LONG FACE FOR AMERICA... too sad to win... we need joy and smiles.

7. A vote against Bush is a vote for Bin Laden and Zarkawi.

8. Kerry claimed: "I've had one position, one consistent position, that Saddam Hussein was a threat. He needed to be disarmed". And also: "We Now Know That Iraq Had No Weapons Of Mass Destruction, And Posed No Imminent Threat To Our Security". - Great! The next Kerry's plan against terror: How to disarm a man without weapons.

9. We will the sequel of the maximum comic movie of the year: Fahrenheit 9-11.

10. And by the way there's one only JFK. With no doubts.

by Watergate2000

AMERCAN AMBASSADOR IN GERMANY ON ELECTION

2004-11-01T18:30:00.000+01:00

AMERCAN AMBASSADOR IN GERMANY ON ELECTION

American Ambassador in Berlin Daniel Coats said that if Kerry wins the red-green coalition now ruling Germany would have much more problems: "There are excessive expectation" he said to the daily BerlinerZeitung. "Bush did accept German position on Iraq, therefere he didn't ask Schroeder to send troops in the Gulf. Kerry has spoken about this instead".
Furthermore he said he don't think there will be strong change in the American foreign policy, also with Kerry in the White House.
At the end he added: "Bush is not particularly loved in Europe as well as other presidents before him: Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan".

by aa of M&A blog

Osama Bin Laden Tape Threatens U.S. States Not to Vote for Bush

2004-11-01T15:02:00.000+01:00

Osama Bin Laden Tape Threatens U.S. States Not to Vote for Bush
by Yigal Carmon

The tape of Osama bin Laden that was aired on Al-Jazeera on Friday, October 29th included a specific threat to "each U.S. state," designed to influence the outcome of the upcoming election against George W. Bush. The U.S. media in general mistranslated the words "ay wilaya" (which means "each U.S. state") to mean a "country" or "nation" other than the U.S., while in fact the threat was directed specifically at each individual U.S. state. This suggests some knowledge by bin Laden of the U.S. electoral college system. In a section of his speech in which he harshly criticized George W. Bush, bin Laden stated: "Any U.S. state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security."

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(Memri)

SHE SPEAKS! CHELSEA CLINTON DEBUT DRAWS SMALL CROWD

2004-11-01T14:41:00.000+01:00

SHE SPEAKS! CHELSEA CLINTON DEBUT DRAWS SMALL CROWD

Only a few dozen people showed up for an outside Kerry rally that featured the political debut of former first daughter Chelsea Clinton [...].
Only 41 were present to hear Chelsea, and 9 citizens, oddly, walked away as she explained why she believed Tuesday's vote is the most important of her lifetime...

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(Drudgereport)

why you should vote for GWB

2004-10-31T14:47:00.000+01:00

WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR GEORGE W. BUSH

According to the common thought, many European people would like to see John Kerry as President of the United States of America; above all people who live in the so-called "Old Europe" - 60, 70 or 80 % of them - would vote for him. We do not think so, we know we are a strong minority in Italy - where we live in - and in Europe, but this is not a good reason to change our mind about next U.s. election, and now, at the end of this campaign, we would like to make you understand why we think you should vote for George W. Bush.
There is an idea that we suppose to be basic about our support to Bush, that is United States and Europe are members of the same kind of world, the Western World, and they can find causes of division between them, but they can not forget that they have the same values of freedom, security, democracy to support and to protect. We know that Islamic fundamentalism has attacked these values and our lives; and we think that Islamic fundamentalism has found his diabolical strength in Middle East, were freedom and individual rights are not respected, and where there are regimes which support terrorism and fundamentalism. So, we must destroy those regimes, avoid that Al Qaeda could be in possession of weapons of mass destruction and give the Middle East people freedom they deserve, and we think so above all because it is our interest - American and European interest.
We do not like people who say that terrorism is just a crime, and not a war that Al Qaeda, other organizations and their friends declared to us: unfortunately, Senator Kerry said that terrorism is like prostitution.
We do not think that mr. Chirac, or mr. Schroeder, or mr. Zapatero would support the elections in Iraq sending their troops, if John Kerry would win: we suppose that these European leaders have taken their final decision, and Sen. Kerry would risk to give them a power of veto they have not. Moreover, John Kerry considers allied countries like Britain, Italy, Poland, Australia, Japan etc. like they were not wise and useful friends of America that are fighting against terror.
Above all, we do not trust in John Kerry: in 1990, he voted against the first Gulf War, a choice made by the Un Security Council, and not an unilateral decision; in 2003, he voted for the Iraqi war without any Un resolution, but later he voted against 87 billion $ financing reconstruction of Iraq; during his electoral campaign, he said that Us need to send more troops and to spend more money, explaining that he voted for the Iraqi reconstruction fund, voting against it: an inexplicable thing, according to us.
In other words, we think that John Kerry would not be a good President for the United States. But we have not taken our decision to support George Bush - even if we are not American citizens, and so we have not right of vote - only because we do not like his opponent. Really, we like Bush. We suppose he has taken the right decision, when he declared war to Afghanistan, in 2001, and to Iraq, in 2003. Now, there are 50 million people who are free, there are two fascist regimes which have been destroyed. There is no more an important Al Qaeda base of operations like Taliban Afghanistan, and we know that Bin Laden, mullah Omar, al Zawahiri and other Al Qaeda leaders can not sleep in a quiet and calm way. In Afghanistan, for the first time in its history, there is a President chosen by democratic election. Saddam Hussein will have a trial because of his crimes. In Iraq there have been local elections (for example in Nassiriah, where there are Italian troops), and next year there will be general election. Freedom and democracy are on the march.
Yes, we know that Iraqi campaign has not been perfect, but everybody can make a mistake, and the important thing is to understand it, and to act in order to embetter our own work (only God does not make mistakes). And we think the G.W. Bush has understood, and he is acting in the right way.
We have talked about foreign policy, because we live in Italy, and foreign policy is what we care about United States elections, but we also support ideas like a little government and a large economic freedom, because they are necessary conditions to have a richer society, and only a rich society can - and must - help people who are not able to have a respectable way of life, with care and compassion.

So, please, these are the reasons why we ask you to vote for George W. Bush.
It is the right choice.

KERRY'S WINDSURFING

2004-10-31T11:18:00.000+01:00

KERRY'S WINDSURFING

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(CBS News Online)

NEWSWEEK POLL: BUSH 50% - KERRY 44%

2004-10-30T21:39:00.000+02:00

NEWSWEEK POLL: BUSH 50% - KERRY 44%

Oct. 30 - After months of the tightest presidential election contest in recent memory, a new NEWSWEEK poll suggests momentum may be moving toward President George W. Bush. As the bitter campaign enters its final days, against the eerie backdrop of a surprise appearance by Osama Bin Laden, Bush's lead is still within the poll's margin of error, but larger than last week. If the election were held today, 50 percent of likely voters would cast ballots for Bush and 44 percent for the Democrat, Sen. John Kerry. (Ralph Nader would receive 1 percent.) That compares to a Bush lead last week among likely voters of 48 percent to Kerry's 46 percent...

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(Newsweek)

New video released

2004-10-30T18:32:00.000+02:00

NEW VIDEO RELEASED: OSAMA BIN LADEN MAKES HIS PREFERENCE KNOWN

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PRESIDENT BUSH ON OSAMA'S TAPE

2004-10-30T14:46:00.000+02:00

PRESIDENT BUSH ON OSAMA'S TAPE

"Let me make this very clear: Americans will not be intimidated or influenced by an enemy of our country. I'm sure Sen. Kerry agrees with this. I also want to say to the American people that we are at war with these terrorists, and I am confident that we will prevail".

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(Foxnews)

U.S. Team Took 250 Tons of Iraqi Munitions

2004-10-30T14:18:00.000+02:00

U.S. Team Took 250 Tons of Iraqi Munitions

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Army officer came forward Friday to say a team from the 3rd Infantry Division took about 250 tons of munitions and other material from the Al-Qaqaa (search) arms-storage facility soon after Saddam Hussein's regime fell in April 2003...

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(Foxnews)

IS EUROPE COMPLETELY PRO-KERRY?

2004-10-29T19:38:00.000+02:00

IS EUROPE COMPLETELY PRO-KERRY?

The leading German newspaper Bild writes the reasons why President George W. Bush should be re-elected:

1. Bush has clear priorities. He sees the inhuman Islamic fundamentalism and the murderous mullahs as the largest danger for the Western world.

2. Bush has learned the lessons of history. Military strength, not pleasant talk, is the only thing that helps against violent fanatics. And with Bush - unlike with Kerry - there is no doubt about this.

3. Under Bush, the US, as a superpower, will continue to bear the financial, military and casualty burden in the fight against terrorism in a "holy war" which Islamic fanatics unilaterally declared. [It's ultimately about the cash-flow, Damen und Herren. -ed.]

4. Along with fighting terror and the terrorists, a re-elected Bush will do everything he can to prevent nuclear proliferation. That is especially true with regard to the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea.

5. Bush has learned that America can defeat every country in war, but needs allies in peace. Thus, his second term will be characterized by cooperation with international partners. But he will not depend on how Syria or Libya vote at the UN.

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(Random Bits)

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

2004-10-29T19:18:00.000+02:00

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Three years ago, on the day that began as a beautiful September morning, 19 men and their sponsors carried out a brutal and devastating attack on our country, leaving 3,000 innocent men, women and children dead, including our loved ones. In those first agonizing hours, and for weeks and months afterward as we searched for word of their fate, we were aware that the shock and horror of that day was not ours alone. With a gratitude we could not yet express, we felt the strong and steady embrace of our fellow Americans. The words, "Never forget", defiantly written in dust or humbly penned on makeshift memorials, were also permanently etched in our hearts. We will never forget your strength, your courage and your endless generosity...

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(GeorgeWBush.com)

THE MYTH OF THE 'MISSING EXPLOSIVES': A SHAMELESS LIE

2004-10-28T17:26:00.000+02:00

THE MYTH OF THE 'MISSING EXPLOSIVES': A SHAMELESS LIE

October 28, 2004 -- SHOULD the United Nations decide who be comes our president? Sen. John Kerry wouldn't mind. He's shamelessly promoting the lies that the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency is telling about Iraq.
A devious IAEA report suggests that 400 tons of explosives were spirited away by our enemies under the noses of our Keystone-Cops troops after the fall of Baghdad. The document just happened to be released in the closing days of our presidential election. Purely a coincidence, of course. Brought to you by those selfless U.N. bureaucrats who failed in Iraq and are now failing in Iran.
Since Kerry's willing to blame our troops for a scandal invented by America-haters, let's look at the story the military way, by the numbers...

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(New York Post)

GALLUP: Bush Solid in Florida; Iowa and Pennsylvania Still in Play

2004-10-28T16:50:00.000+02:00

GALLUP: Bush Solid in Florida; Iowa and Pennsylvania Still in Play

PRINCETON, NJ -- Three new CNN/USA Today/Gallup showdown state polls indicate President George W. Bush holds a solid lead over Sen. John Kerry in Florida, Bush holds a slim lead in Iowa, and Kerry holds a slim, but not statistically significant lead in Pennsylvania. This is the state of the race among likely voters in separate polls conducted between Oct. 21 and Oct 26...

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(Gallup)

MR. SCHRODER SAYS: NO SOLDIERS EVEN WITH KERRY

2004-10-27T22:40:00.000+02:00

MR. SCHRODER SAYS: NO SOLDIERS EVEN WITH KERRY

According to Der Spiegel newsmagazine, Richard Holbrooke, expected to become Secretary of State if Kerry is elected, [...] would push for a greater European military presence in Iraq - German and French first of all.

Someone close to Kerry could please tell him what has said yesterday Canchellor Gerard Schroeder to the leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera: "NO SOLDIERS EVEN WITH KERRY". Please, we need your help in order to inform him: it seems pretty sure that the"Old Europe" will help him.

PS: Europeans really want Kerry for President. In fact a few days before the elections such a kind of declarion can be very useful: te get Bush reelected.

by aa of M&A blog

PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE CIVIL UNIONS

2004-10-26T21:18:00.000+02:00

PRESIDENT BUSH AND THE CIVIL UNIONS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 - President Bush said in an interview this past weekend that he disagreed with the Republican Party platform opposing civil unions of same-sex couples and that the matter should be left up to the states.

Mr. Bush has previously said that states should be permitted to allow same-sex unions, even though White House officials have said he would not have endorsed such unions as governor of Texas. But Mr. Bush has never before made a point of so publicly disagreeing with his party's official position on the issue.

In an interview on Sunday with Charles Gibson, an anchor of "Good Morning America" on ABC, Mr. Bush said, "I don't think we should deny people rights to a civil union, a legal arrangement, if that's what a state chooses to do so." ABC, which broadcast part of the interview on Monday, is to broadcast the part about civil unions on Tuesday...

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(The New York Times)

RUDOLPH GIULIANI AND THE WAR ON TERROR

2004-10-26T16:35:00.000+02:00

RUDOLPH GIULIANI AND THE WAR ON TERROR

"We can take a chance in going back to where we were before Sept. 11, 2001, with someone who can't seem to make up his mind whether terrorism is serious or a nuisance" former New York Mayor, the Italian-American Rudy Giuliani, said.

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(My Way News)

Bush Retains Lead Among Likely Voters, Now 51% to 46%

2004-10-26T16:24:00.000+02:00

GALLUP: Bush Retains Lead Among Likely Voters, Now 51% to 46%

PRINCETON, NJ -- President George W. Bush holds a slight, but statistically significant, lead over Sen. John Kerry, according to the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey. Among likely voters, Bush receives 51% support, while Kerry receives 46%. Among the larger group of registered voters, Bush's lead of two points (49% to 47%) is well within the poll's margin of error. Among both sets of voters, independent candidate Ralph Nader gets just 1% support...

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(Gallup)

KERRY'S LIES

2004-10-25T19:21:00.000+02:00

KERRY'S LIES

U.N. ambassadors from several nations are disputing assertions by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry that he met for hours with all members of the U.N. Security Council just a week before voting in October 2002 to authorize the use of force in Iraq.
An investigation by The Washington Times reveals that while the candidate did talk for an unspecified period to at least a few members of the panel, no such meeting, as described by Mr. Kerry on a number of occasions over the past year, ever occurred...

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(The Washington Times)

I.Q.

2004-10-25T15:29:00.000+02:00

I.Q.

How can we explain now to Mr. Moore's fans that Bush has an higher I.Q. than Mr. flip-flop?

by Il Motel dei Polli Ispirati
(The New York Times)

KERRY'S SUPPORTERS

2004-10-24T21:35:00.000+02:00

KERRY'S SUPPORTERS

Last March, John Kerry said: "I've met with foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly," he said. "But, boy, they look at you and say: 'You've got to win this. You've got to beat this guy. We need a new policy.' Things like that." (The Washington Times)

PLO's leader Yasser Arafat is one of them. "If [President] Bush wins, he said he would renew efforts to resume the peace process," PA foreign minister Nabil Shaath told the BBC in London. "However, with the staff that surrounds him and with his current opinions, it doesn''t look promising." (Crosswalk)

BUSH FOR AMERICA

2004-10-24T18:01:00.000+02:00

BUSH FOR AMERICA

The Post this morning proudly urges the reelection of President George W. Bush.
There are many issues before the electorate, but none more im portant than the War on Terror. So let's be clear: America will be safer with George Bush in the White House.
Not totally safe; even the president concedes that.
But safer, and that's quite good enough for us.
On Sept. 11, 2001, he was a rock.
Since then, he has prosecuted the War on Terror with determination.
Not flawlessly, not by a long shot, but competently enough so that there has been no second attack on American soil - even though terrorists have struck in Bali and Beslan, Baghdad and Madrid...

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(New York Post)

John Kerry's flip flop on war on terror

2004-10-24T17:26:00.000+02:00

John Kerry's positions on war on terror

Jacksonville, Florida.
"The senator used to recognize that Saddam Hussein was a gathering threat who hated America. After all, he said so. [...] He used to recognize that Saddam was a state sponsor of terror with a history of pursuing and even using weapons of mass destruction. After all, he said so. He used to understand that Saddam was a major source of instability in the Middle East. After all, he said so [...]. And when he voted to authorize force, the senator must have recognized the nightmare scenario that terrorists might somehow access weapons of mass destruction. Senator Kerry seems to have forgotten all of that, as his position has evolved during the course of the campaign. You might call it election amnesia". From President Bush's speech.

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(The Washington Times)

Berlusconi supports Bush

2004-10-23T17:38:00.000+02:00

Berlusconi supports Bush

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday, "We hope and believe that the next President will again be Bush."

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that a Bush defeat "could lead to the spread of terrorism to other parts of the world."

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(New York Daily News)

Local Bush/Cheney headquarters robbed

2004-10-23T17:00:00.000+02:00

Local Bush/Cheney headquarters robbed

DOWNTOWN - Cincinnati's headquarters for the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign was broken into overnight.
Money and a sign were taken from the office, on Seventh Street near Court Street. The thieves got in by breaking out a window...

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(The Enquirer)

Bush edges ahead in Iowa, vies in 'blue' states

2004-10-22T17:35:00.000+02:00

Bush edges ahead in Iowa, vies in 'blue' states
New polling shows Kerry locked in statistical tie with president in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

WASHINGTON - New poll data released Thursday suggest that President Bush is in a strong position to win one state that Al Gore carried in 2000, Iowa, and is putting pressure on Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry in six other states Gore won, with Pennsylvania's 21 electoral votes the biggest prize of those six.
In Iowa, the new MSNBC/Knight Ridder poll shows Bush with a 49-43 percent lead over Kerry, with six percent of voters undecided. Gore carried Iowa by 4,144 votes four years ago...

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(Msnbc)

JOHN EDWARDS AND HIS HAIR

2004-10-19T17:56:00.000+02:00

JOHN EDWARDS AND HIS HAIR

"For a guy who's been known derisively to the Bush crowd as the Breck girl," observes Shearer, vice presidential candidate John Edwards seems "way too interested in his hair." He tries to straighten it with his fingers. A makeup technician approaches with a comb, but the senator likes it just so and does the combing himself. He signals he's ready for hair spray by closing his eyes expectantly, like a child. Then Edwards and the technician straighten a little more with their fingers. Please don't tell me that thing in his hand is a compact. Oh, dear. It is.

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(Slate)

DNC ELECTION MANUAL: CHARGE VOTER INTIMIDATION, EVEN IF NONE EXISTS

2004-10-15T13:02:00.000+02:00

DRUDGE/ DNC ELECTION MANUAL: CHARGE VOTER INTIMIDATION, EVEN IF NONE EXISTS

The Kerry/Edwards campaign and the Democratic National Committee are advising election operatives to declare voter intimidation - even if none exists, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.
A 66-page mobilization plan to be issued by the Kerry/Edwards campaign and the Democratic National Committee states: "If no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet, launch a 'pre-emptive strike.'

[HIGHLIGHT OF ELECTION DAY MANUAL, NOVEMBER 2004.]

The provocative Dem battle plan is to be distributed in dozens of states, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. One top DNC official confirmed the manual's authenticity, but claimed the notion of crying wolf on any voter intimidation is "absurd."
"We all know the Republicans are going to try to steal the election by scaring people and confusing people," the top DNC source explained.

drudgereport

2004-10-14T14:45:00.000+02:00

DEBATE FACTS

Debate 4
October 13, 2004

Live Debate Facts and Video for the Tempe, AZ Debate.
Breaking Debate Fact: Setting the Record Straight on Port Security
Breaking Debate Fact: Setting the Record Straight on Kerry's Record
Breaking Debate Fact: He Said It
Breaking Debate Fact: Setting the Record Straight on Children's Health Coverage
Breaking Debate Fact: Kerry on NCLB
Highlights for Tempe, Arizona Presidential Debate
Breaking Debate Fact #6: They Said It
What They're Saying: Debate Three, Volume One
What They're Saying: Debate Three, Volume Two
What They're Saying: Debate Three, Volume Three
What They're Saying: Debate Three, Volume Four

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Face Off in Final Debate

2004-10-14T09:31:00.000+02:00

Face Off in Final Debate

With the presidential election 19 days away, President Bush and John Kerry took their final shots in a face-to-face matchup Wednesday night that focused on domestic issues including abortion, gay marriage and the economy as well as the broader theme of national security.

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ROUND 3

2004-10-13T15:37:00.000+02:00

ROUND 3
Final debate tonight

Bush, Kerry to face off over health care, environment and homeland security .
The debate, held at Arizona State University in Tempe, takes place at 9 p.m. EDT.
Bush arrived in Phoenix on Tuesday and said he was "warming up" for the final showdown.
"I'm looking forward to tomorrow night. It's a chance to point out major differences," Bush said, in a speech that spoke mainly of his policies but also took jabs at Kerry over terrorism, health care and energy.

2004-10-11T15:50:00.000+02:00

Kerry Compares War on Terror to Prostitution, Illegal Gambling

Sen. John F. Kerry in an interview with Sunday's New York Times Magazine said the Sept. 11 attacks "didn't change me much at all"; and said he hopes the country will return to the days when terrorism was "just a nuisance," the same way that prostitution and illegal gambling are a nuisance.

Saddam was a threat, Saddam wasn't a threat.

2004-10-10T11:55:00.000+02:00

KERRY: SADDAM WAS A THREAT, SADDAM WAS NOT A THREAT

During the last presidential debate in Missouri, John Kerry said: "Well, let me tell you straight up: I've never changed my mind about Iraq. I do believe Saddam Hussein was a threat. I always believed he was a threat. Believed it in 1998 when Clinton was president. I wanted to give Clinton the power to use force if necessary."
Later, in the same debate, talking about Iran: "It's a threat that has grown while the president has been preoccupied with Iraq, where there wasn't a threat".

Camillo

2004-10-09T14:43:00.000+02:00

BLAIR, BUSH AND BERLUSCONI

BUSH: Let me answer what he just said, about around the world.
You tell Tony Blair we're going alone. Tell Tony Blair we're going alone.
Tell Silvio Berlusconi we're going alone.
Tell Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland we're going alone.
There are 30 countries there. It denigrates an alliance to say we're going alone, to discount their sacrifices. You cannot lead an alliance if you say, you know, you're going alone. And people listen. They're sacrificing with us.

DEBATE

2004-10-09T11:22:00.000+02:00

DEBATE

2004-10-09T11:03:00.000+02:00

DEBATE - Statement from Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Governor Marc Racicot

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Today, Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign Chairman Governor Marc Racicot made the following statement:
"President Bush won a decisive victory tonight in St. Louis. John Kerry has a 20 year record of weakening national security and supporting bigger government, higher taxes and higher health care costs. President Bush was on the offensive tonight against John Kerry's tired, political rhetoric.
"The President was in command of the issues, the facts, and the stage, and clearly won on style and substance. He exposed and dismantled Kerry's liberal record of voting against intelligence funding, against our troops, against medical liability reform and against tax relief for working families.
"As the President told Senator Kerry, "You can run but you can't hide."

georgewbush.com

BUSH VS. KERRY: round 2

2004-10-08T17:53:00.000+02:00

BUSH VS. KERRY: round 2

St. LOUIS - With only 25 days remaining until Election Day and with many national polls showing the candidates in a statistical dead heat, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry will debate for the second time Friday night - this time taking questions from a selected audience of voters.

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2004-10-07T20:23:00.000+02:00

Voters Say Cheney Won Debate, Is More Qualified

October 7, 2004--A Rasmussen Reports survey of 1,000 Likely Voters conducted Wednesday night found that 43% believe Vice President Dick Cheney did better than Senator John Edwards in their Vice Presidential debate. Thirty-seven percent (37%) took the opposite view and believe Edwards won the debate...

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"The Italians who died in Nassiriya were not window-dressing. They were heroes in the war on terror"

2004-10-06T18:47:00.000+02:00

"The Italians who died in Nassiriya were not window-dressing.
They were heroes in the war on terror"

President G.W. Bush said, today, in Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Video here
(Foxnews)

A FLIP FLOP PRESIDENCY?

2004-10-06T04:20:00.000+02:00

A FLIP FLOP PRESIDENCY?

In January 2002, Edwards Believed Hussein Was "In Fact Developing WMD - We Know He'll Use Them".

Video here
(Georgewbush.com)

Shots fired into Knox Bush/Cheney headquarters

2004-10-05T19:09:00.000+02:00

Shots fired into Knox Bush/Cheney headquarters

An unknown suspect fired several shots into the Bearden office of the Bush/Cheney re-election campaign Tuesday morning.
The headquarters are located at 4618 Kingston Pike, next to Noveau Classics and in the same shopping plaza as Long's Drugstore.
According to Knoxville Police Department (KPD) officers on the scene Tuesday, it is believed that the two separate shots were fired from a car sometime between 6:30 am and 7:15 am. ...

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2004-10-05T11:13:00.000+02:00

KERRY FLIP, KERRY FLOP

After covering every possible position on Iraqi war, Mr. Kerry now says: "The
president always has the right and always has had the right for pre-emptive
strike." He pledged never to cede "the right to pre-empt in any way
necessary'' to protect the U.S.

Interesting. Where's the global test? Did Chirac suggest such position? And
moreover, why voters have to choose the neocons' democratic copy, made up for
campaign reasons, while they have the original one?

by il motel dei Polli Ispirati

DEBATE MYSTERY: DID KERRY HAVE CHEAT SHEET?

2004-10-04T16:58:00.000+02:00

DEBATE MYSTERY: DID KERRY HAVE CHEAT SHEET?

"... what did Dem presidential contender John Kerry take out of his jacket as he approached the stage [with his back to the auditorium's audience]? What did Kerry place on the podium?

Video replays of the Kerry maneuver played all weekend long on the internet.

[A tight zoom analysis of the Boston.Com feed shows Kerry pulling a mysterious item his jacket [14 seconds into video, after commerical]. Kerry appears to unfold some sort of paper seconds later, at his podium.]..."

Complete article here
(Drudgereport)

The difference between Treblinka and Lubianka

2004-10-03T21:31:00.001+02:00

Treblinka and Lubianka

John Kerry said: "I've had an extraordinary experience of watching up close and personal that transition in Russia, because I was there right after the transformation. And I was probably one of the first senators, along with Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire, a former senator, go down into the KGB underneath Treblinka Square and see reams of files with names in them".

Treblinka?

The vast left wing cospiracy

2004-10-02T23:59:00.000+02:00

The vast left wing conspiracy

Can Democrats think and write for themselves? According to following The Washington Post Editorial they can't:

We received the following letter from a woman in Yonkers, N.Y.: "Dear editor: This debate made it clear: John Kerry is a leader we can trust to tell us the truth when it comes to our nation's security. George Bush has had his chance; I'm ready for a new direction."
Cogent, succinct, personal -- everything we look for in a letter. So why are we writing about it here, instead of publishing it in the columns to the right? Unfortunately, the letter, perfect in every other way, arrived in our electronic in-box Thursday afternoon, four hours and 14 minutes before debate moderator Jim Lehrer posed his first question. ...

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(The Washington Post. Thanks to Camillo for reporting it)

Winning presidential debates...

2004-10-02T20:07:00.000+02:00

Winning presidential debates...

Mondale won debate in 1984.
Dukakis won debate in 1988.
Perot won debate in 1992.
Gore won debate in 2000.

It's morning again in America.

Complete surveys here
(Gallup)

Kerry, Captive

2004-10-02T19:49:00.000+02:00

Kerry, Captive
An anatomy of flip-flopping
by V.D. Hanson

There is a logic to Senator Kerry's flip-flopping that transcends his political opportunism: He is simply a captive of the pulse of the battlefield, without any steady vision or historical sense that might put the carnage of the day into some larger tactical, strategic, or political framework. As was true over a decade ago during Gulf War I, he contradicts himself when good news from the front makes his prior antiwar stance look either timid or foolhardy. But when the casualty rate rises or CNN is particularly vivid in airing the latest beheading or car bomb he returns to his shrill pessimism and denounces the war...

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FACE TO FACE

2004-09-30T20:18:00.000+02:00

FACE TO FACE

The two rivals will take the podium at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., to discuss foreign policy and homeland security.
The host state was the pivotal state in the 2000 election.

Watch the 90-minute debate live on the FOX News Channel at 9 p.m. EDT.

Bush Leads in Florida. Ohio, Pennsylvania Close

2004-09-30T14:54:00.000+02:00

Bush Leads in Florida.
Ohio, Pennsylvania Close

New CNN/USA Today/Gallup polls in arguably the three key showdown states in this year's election show President George W. Bush leading Democratic nominee John Kerry in Florida, while both candidates are engaged in close races in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Bush has a 52% to 43% lead in Florida, but much smaller advantages in Ohio (50% to 48%) and Pennsylvania (49% to 46%), both of which are within those polls' margins of error. The race in Ohio appears to be tightening when compared with a poll conducted in that state just after the Republican convention in early September.
In Florida, Bush now has his biggest lead in the four polls conducted there thus far.

Full Poll Analyses

Bush's lead gets smaller in poll

2004-09-28T09:55:00.000+02:00

Bush's lead gets smaller in poll

President Bush leads Sen. John Kerry by 8 percentage points among likely voters, the latest USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows. That is a smaller advantage than the president held in mid-September but shows him maintaining a durable edge in a race that was essentially tied for months.
Among all registered voters, Bush's lead widened a bit to a statistically significant 11 points.

The candidates move toward their first debate Thursday with the president ahead and terrorism on voters' minds. But his margin isn't overwhelming, and campaign analysts say the three debates over the next 15 days could solidify Bush's lead - or upend it.

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Usatoday

KERRY IN THE WIND

2004-09-25T13:45:00.000+02:00

KERRY IN THE WIND

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Poll: Still Close in Florida, Bush by Three Points

2004-09-24T13:49:00.000+02:00

Poll: Still Close in Florida, Bush by Three Points
Single-digit leads for Bush in Iowa, West Virginia, and Nevada among likely voters

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ - A new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll in Florida shows virtually no change in the presidential contest since last month, with likely voters leaning toward President George W. Bush by three percentage points. Similar polls of likely voters in Iowa, Nevada, and West Virginia also show Bush with single-digit leads of six to nine points that are just below or at the polls' respective margins of error.

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Rove touts Bush headway in key areas

2004-09-23T19:34:00.000+02:00

Rove touts Bush headway in key areas
by Bill Sammon

President Bush expects to help Republicans gain up to four Senate seats and seven House seats in November and already is running Sen. John Kerry out of states that had been considered battlegrounds, White House political strategist Karl Rove said yesterday.

"A lot of states that were expected to be in close contention are floating out of contention: North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri; maybe Colorado, Arizona," he said.

"I mean, some of them are gone; North Carolina is gone," he said of the home state of Mr. Kerry's running mate, Sen. John Edwards. "Arkansas is gone. If it's not gone, it will be gone on November 2nd."

"There will be some surprises. Last time around, West Virginia was a surprise. There'll be a couple of other surprises this election."

Complete article here
(The Washington Times)

Situation in the battleground states here

Allies Uber Alles

2004-09-23T18:24:00.000+02:00

Allies Uber Alles
Why is John Kerry so obsessed with France and Germany?
by Tom Donnelly

WHAT IS IT with John Kerry and "allies?"
At some point, you have to take the French and the Germans at their word--especially when it involves not going to war--but only a little less so when it means not spending money. It takes a very willful sort of myopia to believe that, if it weren't for their irritation with President Bush, the "allies"--and this is code for France and Germany--would be standing shoulder to shoulder to us in Iraq...

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George Bush Speaks to the United Nations General Assembly

2004-09-23T03:44:00.000+02:00

George Bush Speaks to the United Nations General Assembly

"Both the American Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaim the equal value and dignity of every human life. That dignity is honored by the rule of law, limits on the power of the state, respect for women, protection of private property, free speech, equal justice, and religious tolerance. That dignity is dishonored by oppression, corruption, tyranny, bigotry, terrorism and all violence against the innocent. And both of our founding documents affirm that this bright line between justice and injustice -- between right and wrong -- is the same in every age, and every culture, and every nation".

"In this young century, our world needs a new definition of security. Our security is not merely found in spheres of influence, or some balance of power. The security of our world is found in the advancing rights of mankind".

"Because we believe in human dignity, America and many nations have established a global fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria".

"Because we believe in human dignity, America and many nations have joined together to confront the evil of trafficking in human beings".

"Because we believe in human dignity, we should take seriously the protection of life from exploitation under any pretext".

"Because we believe in human dignity, America and many nations have acted to lift the crushing burden of debt that limits the growth of developing economies, and holds millions of people in poverty". "And to prevent the build-up of future debt, my country and other nations have agreed that international financial institutions should increasingly provide new aid in the form of grants, rather than loans".

"More than 10 million Afghan citizens -- over 4 million of them women -- are now registered to vote in next month's presidential election. To any who still would question whether Muslim societies can be democratic societies, the Afghan people are giving their answer".

Complete speech here
(White House web site)

FLIP FLOP

2004-09-22T03:22:00.000+02:00

FLIP FLOP

John Kerry finally covered all the spectrum of possible positions on Iraq. Now it's too costly and subtract money for health care and schooling. Does anybody need more populism?

by Il Motel dei Polli Ispirati

2004-09-20T22:25:00.000+02:00

Bush defends record on Iraq

Buffeted by criticism from Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Iraq, President Bush accused his Democratic rival Monday of a "pattern of twisting in the wind" and leaving behind a thicket of contradictory positions on the war.

"Today my opponent continued his pattern of twisting in the wind. He apparently woke up this morning and has now decided, no, we should not have invaded Iraq, after just last month saying he would have voted for force even knowing everything we know today".
"Incredibly, he now believes our national security would be stronger with Saddam Hussein in power and not in prison".
"He's saying he prefers the stability of a dictatorship to the hope and security of democracy".
"I couldn't disagree more, and not so long ago, so did my opponent. Those who believe we are not safer with his capture don't have the judgment to be president or the credibility to be elected president."

2004-09-20T22:08:00.000+02:00

Kerry Challenges Bush to End Iraq Violence

NEW YORK - No responsible commander in chief would have invaded Iraq knowing Saddam Hussein didn't possess weapons of mass destruction and wasn't an imminent threat to the United States, John Kerry said Monday.

"Yet today, President Bush tells us that he would do everything all over again, the same way. How can he possibly be serious?" the Democratic presidential candidate said during a speech New York University, where he slammed Bush on all things Iraq.

Kerry, a four-term Massachusetts senator, voted to give Bush authority to wage the war and said in August he would have voted that way even had he known there were no banned weapons in Iraq.

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Debate

2004-09-20T10:53:00.000+02:00

FACE TO FACE

WASHINGTON - A presidential election that has lasted a year and more, cost a billion dollars and divided the nation into two unyielding camps is likely to be settled by this: Two or three 90-minute encounters in college auditoriums.
The face-to-face showdowns on national TV being negotiated by partisan teams of lawyers and strategists have been important factors in five of the past seven presidential elections - that is, in every contest since 1976 that was considered potentially competitive - and probably were decisive in 1960, 1980 and 2000.
Bush, who has begun rehearsals at his Texas ranch, Camp David and the White House, could seal the deal with wavering voters who have concerns about his stewardship of the economy and the war with Iraq.
Kerry, who has been reading Bush's campaign speeches to find potential lines of attack, could use the debates as an opening to make the case to those same voters that he offers a trustworthy alternative.
Both men are skillful debaters, though in different ways - Bush is straight-talking and strong, Kerry is knowledgeable and aggressive. They have perfect records: Each has prevailed against highly regarded opponents in every debate critical to his career.

UsaToday

New Ad on the Economy

2004-09-18T10:18:00.000+02:00

New Ad on the Economy

Bush-Cheney '04 announced the release of the campaign's newest television advertisement, "Common Sense Vs. Higher Taxes."
The television advertisement highlights President Bush and Congressional leaders' plans to grow our economy through a fairer, simpler tax code, lower health care costs, increased investments in education, more help for communities and less dependence on foreign oil.
The agenda of the President and Congressional leaders for a more hopeful America stands in contrast to John Kerry and the liberals' plans for tax increases that would hurt small businesses, kill jobs and derail our economy.

Watch the ad here

Bush Bounce Keeps On Going

2004-09-17T09:34:00.000+02:00

Bush Bounce Keeps On Going
President leads Kerry by 13 points among likely voters;
8 points among registered voters

PRINCETON, NJ -- In a new Gallup Poll, conducted Sept. 13-15, President George W. Bush leads Democratic candidate John Kerry by 55% to 42% among likely voters, and by 52% to 44% among registered voters. These figures represent a significant improvement for Bush since just before the beginning of the Republican National Convention.

Full Poll Analyses

KERRY POLL RANK LOWER THAN DUKAKIS, JESSE JACKSON, MARTHA STEWART, PUTIN

2004-09-14T21:38:00.000+02:00

KERRY POLL RANK LOWER THAN DUKAKIS, JESSE JACKSON, MARTHA STEWART, PUTIN

In last week's WASHINGTONPOSTWABCNEWS Poll, John F. Kerry was viewed favorably by 36 percent of registered voters, down 18 points over the past six months. But just how low Kerry's standing has fallen cannot be appreciated fully without comparing his standing with that of other household names in GALLUP polls over the years, the POST's Dana Milbank reported on Tuesday. Kerry finds himself in a dead heat with Martha Stewart and Joseph McCarthy, and behind Herbert Hoover -- although he narrowly beats O.J. Simpson.

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2004-09-14T08:17:00.000+02:00

GALLUP POLL NEWS SERVICE

Bush Exceeds or Ties With Kerry
on Most Ratings of Presidential Characteristics

The net effect of the convention period on George W. Bush's personal image was quite positive. Spanning the two conventions -- from late July until early September -- public perceptions of Bush's presidential qualities and characteristics generally improved, while Democratic candidate John Kerry's remained flat or declined slightly.
As a result, Bush now exceeds Kerry by nearly two-to-one as the candidate more likely to be described as "a strong and decisive leader." He also leads as the more "honest and trustworthy." Bush has smaller leads or ties with Kerry on most other personal dimensions measured.
Kerry's one advantage is the perception that he "cares about the needs of people like you."

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9/11

2004-09-11T08:46:00.000+02:00

9/11

NOBLESSE OBLIGE

2004-09-09T20:10:00.000+02:00

NOBLESSE OBLIGE

Teresa Heinz Kerry says "only an idiot" would fail to support her husband's health care plan.

But Heinz Kerry, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, told the (Lancaster) Intelligencer Journal that "of course, there are idiots."

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More jogging for everybody

2004-09-09T19:29:00.000+02:00

More jogging for everybody

He's trying quite hard, this incidental JFK. In order to lose, of course. Now he says that the Department of Health and Human Services is not enough. Absolutely not. Americans deserve a Department of Wellness. Quite straight for a guy who is said to use botox. What next? A Department of Cellulite.

by Shock&Awe

Ad Wars Fought in 14 States

2004-09-09T10:29:00.000+02:00

Ad Wars Fought in 14 States

Sen. John Kerry and the Democratic Party are limiting television advertising to just 14 states as the fall campaign opens, curbing their ambitions for a broader playing field against President Bush. The shift reduces Missouri, Colorado, Arizona and four Southern states to second-tier status.

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2004-09-08T09:55:00.000+02:00

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
Can Election Probabilities Be Established at This Point?

Only 2 of the last 17 elections precisely fit the pattern John Kerry needs to win the race for president this year: those with a "gap change" of more than seven points and a lead change between Labor Day and Election Day.
The two elections that would constitute a precedent for a Kerry win were the come-from-behind victories of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Harry Truman in 1948.
Two other races -- in 1976 and 1968 -- came close to these specifications (although ultimately, the Labor Day leader won the election).
Thus, of the last 17 elections, 4 can be said to have demonstrated the rough pattern of Labor Day to Election Day change that would be necessary for Kerry to win this year.

poll analyses here.

2004-09-07T11:57:00.000+02:00

BUSH: "another new position..."

John Flip Flop Kerry accused President Bush of sending U.S. troops to the "wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time" and said he'd try to bring them all home in four years.

President Bush: "After voting for the war, but against funding it, after saying he would have voted for the war even knowing everything we know today, my opponent woke up this morning with new campaign advisers and yet another new position".

Good news

2004-09-05T04:20:00.000+02:00

GOOD NEWS

Time poll: Bush 52%, Kerry 41%, Nader 3%

Newsweek poll: Bush 52%, Kerry 41%, Nader 3% (two-way trial heat: Bush 54%, Kerry 43%)

ITALIAN COMMUNIST LEADER EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE: DECLINE OF AMERICA

2004-09-04T03:20:00.000+02:00

ITALIAN COMMUNIST LEADER EXPLAINS HIS PURPOSE: DECLINE OF AMERICA
AND MEANS: VOTE FOR KERRY

In a recent interview, the Italian Communist Refoundation Party leader, Fausto Bertinotti, states his will: the decline of United States power. And then he explains how to achieve it: if he would be an American citizen, he would vote for Kerry.

From the interview published by LaRepubblica:

Interviewer: Piero Fassino [an Italian leftist leader], in his latest interview, pointed out the necessity to rebuild a firm relationship with the United States of America. The reason - he says - is that it is impossible a multilateral strategy without the USA. Do you agree?

Bertinotti: Absolutely not. Indeed I wish the decline of United States power. An advantageous possibility, beneficial to all of us, thanks to other world powers rise, from China to Brasil. Not to mention Europe, obviously.

Interviewer: If you were an American citizen would you vote for Kerry?

Bertinotti: In the last elections, when Al Gore was opposed to Bush, I would have voted for Nader. I've never admired Clinton. Instead, today, I would vote for Kerry, because I rely on American and worldwide pacifist movement capacity to coax and compel Kerry going further in his stances.

...another reason to vote for Bush.

by I love America

2004-09-03T13:31:00.000+02:00

The Real Story on John Kerry's Military Service

Senator John Kerry has made his 4-month combat tour in Vietnam the centerpiece of his bid for the Presidency. His campaign jets a handful of veterans around the country, and trots them out at public appearances to sing his praises. John Kerry wants us to believe that these men represent all those he calls his "band of brothers."
But most combat veterans who served with John Kerry in Vietnam see him in a very different light.

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2004-09-03T09:54:00.000+02:00

"I accept your nomination
for president of the United States"

President George Bush's Acceptance Speech

2004-09-03T05:20:00.000+02:00

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Mr. Chairman, delegates, fellow citizens: I am honored by your support, and I accept your nomination for President of the United States.

When I said those words four years ago, none of us could have envisioned what these years would bring. In the heart of this great city, we saw tragedy arrive on a quiet morning. We saw the bravery of rescuers grow with danger. We learned of passengers on a doomed plane who died with a courage that frightened their killers. We have seen a shaken economy rise to its feet. And we have seen Americans in uniform storming mountain strongholds, and charging through sandstorms, and liberating millions, with acts of valor that would make the men of Normandy proud.

Since 2001, Americans have been given hills to climb, and found the strength to climb them. Now, because we have made the hard journey, we can see the valley below. Now, because we have faced challenges with resolve, we have historic goals within our reach, and greatness in our future. We will build a safer world and a more hopeful America -- and nothing will hold us back.

In the work we have done, and the work we will do, I am fortunate to have a superb Vice President. I have counted on Dick Cheney's calm and steady judgment in difficult days, and I am honored to have him at my side.

....

FULL TEXT IS HERE

4 more years.

2004-09-02T18:54:00.000+02:00

4 MORE YEARS!

2004-09-02T16:55:00.000+02:00

Republican National Convention
Reagan's tribute.

2004-09-02T15:31:00.000+02:00

TRIBUTE TO RONALD

Michael Reagan, who introduced a video tribute to his father, thanked everyone who supported his family after the late president's death.

"Ronald Reagan didn't win the Cold War and ignite our economy with funny stories and beautiful words. He wasn't just a great communicator, he communicated great ideas. Where did his ideas come from? They came from his beliefs," Michael Reagan said.

"He believed America was placed between the oceans to be a beacon of freedom for the world, a place where man was not beholden to government, government was beholden to man...
Throughout his life, his belief in the American people never wavered."

The eight-minute video, produced by Phil Dusenberry for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation, made extensive use of the deceased president's voice and contained Nancy Reagan's first public remarks about the outpouring of emotion that greeted the death of the president two months ago.

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2004-09-02T14:32:00.000+02:00

Full text of remarks by Vice President Dick Cheney is here.

http://daw.altervista.org/bushblog/vicepresremarks.htm

America Sees Two John Kerrys

2004-09-02T11:27:00.000+02:00

VP DICK CHENEY: "America Sees Two John Kerrys"

"Senator Kerry's liveliest disagreement is with himself. His back-and-forth reflects a habit of indecision, and sends a message of confusion. And it is all part of a pattern"

"Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual. America sees two John Kerrys"

"Under President Bush we have put in place new policies and created new institutions to defend America, to stop terrorist violence at its source, and to help move the Middle East away from old hatreds and resentments and toward the lasting peace that only freedom can bring"

"This is the work not of months, but of years, and keeping these commitments is essential to our future security. For that reason, ladies and gentlemen, the election of 2004 is one of the most important, not just in our lives but in our history"

"Sept. 11, 2001, made clear the challenges we face ... just as surely as the Nazis during World War II and the Soviet communists during the Cold War, the enemy we face today is bent on our destruction. The fanatics who killed some 3,000 of our fellow Americans may have thought they could attack us with impunity … but if the killers of Sept. 11 thought we had lost the will to defend our freedom, they did not know America ... and they did not know George W. Bush"

2004-09-02T11:01:00.000+02:00

Some evocative photos during Laura Bush's remarks:

WONDERFUL MILLER

2004-09-02T09:15:00.000+02:00

WONDERFUL MILLER

Miller, a Democrat, chastised Kerry for voting against weapons programs.
"This is the man who wants to be the commander in chief of our U.S. Armed Forces?" Miller asked. "U.S. forces armed with what? Spitballs?"

First Lady: Bush a Historic Leader

2004-09-01T23:36:00.000+02:00

First Lady: Bush a Historic Leader

"I remember some very quiet nights at the dinner table. George was weighing grim scenarios and ominous intelligence about potentially even more devastating attacks," Mrs. Bush said in a prime-time speech to the Republican convention.
"And I was there when my husband had to decide," she said.
It was a rare foray into foreign policy for a political spouse whose main campaign focus has been on schools and children. More than half her speech dealt with the wars on terror and in Iraq.
President Bush introduced his wife to the delegates by satellite from a campaign stop in Pennsylvania. He will address the convention in person on Thursday, when he accepts the party's nomination.

"I am a lucky man to have Laura by my side," Bush said.

The couple's 22-year-old daughters, Jenna and Barbara were the first family members at the podium Tuesday, part of their new prominence in their father's campaign.
"They taught us the importance of a good sense of humor, of being open-minded and treating everyone with respect," Barbara Bush said of her parents.

At the start of her speech, the first lady waved to her in-laws in a special box with the presidential seal. In response, former first lady Barbara Bush stood with a "We love Laura" sign, a red heart for "love."
Laura Bush compared her husband to great wartime presidents.

"No American president ever wants to go to war. Abraham Lincoln didn't want to go to war, but he knew saving the union required it. Franklin Roosevelt didn't want to go to war, but he knew defeating tyranny demanded it. And my husband didn't want to go to war, but he knew the safety and security of America and the world depended on it."

She had listened and watched as Bush met and talked with foreign leaders, about the "threat from Saddam Hussein," Mrs. Bush said.
"Our parents' generation confronted tyranny and liberated millions," she said.
"Many of my generation remember growing up at the height of the Cold War, hiding under desks during civil defense drills in case the communists attacked us," she said.

Parents should tell their children that "police and firemen, and military and intelligence workers are doing everything possible to keep them safe," and there is no need to hide under desks anymore, she said.
"Because of President Bush's leadership and the bravery of our men and women in uniform, I believe our children will grow up in a world where today's terror threats have also become a thing of the past," she said.
Four years ago, at the GOP convention in Philadelphia, Mrs. Bush delivered a warm testimonial to her husband, telling delegates her husband's values wouldn't waver "with the winds of polls or politics." Four years earlier, Elizabeth Dole, wife of GOP nominee Bob Dole, spoke of her husband's humility and honesty, describing unpublicized occasions when he had done things for the less fortunate.

In 1992, after the first Persian Gulf War, then-first lady Barbara Bush used her convention speech to talk about den mothering, carpooling, Little Leaguing. The focus was anything but waging war.
This time, this Mrs. Bush said her goal was to "answer the question that I believe many people would ask me if we sat down for a cup of coffee or ran into each other at the store: You know him better than anyone -- you've seen things no one else has seen -- why do you think we should re-elect your husband as president?"
Her answer: Bush's vision for a safer world.

"We are living in the midst of the most historic struggle my generation has ever known. The stakes are so high."
Polls show Mrs. Bush is popular -- more popular than her husband -- and she has been a more frequent campaigner than usual this year, in what she often calls their last campaign.

www.foxnews.com

2004-09-01T14:36:00.000+02:00

Full text of remarks by Arnold Schwarzenegger is here.

http://daw.altervista.org/bush/schwarzeneggerremarks.htm

Schwarzenegger: U.S. Is Back

2004-09-01T13:46:00.000+02:00

Schwarzenegger: U.S. Is Back

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger drew on his childhood in Soviet-occupied Austria to endorse President Bush's war on terror. "Terrorism is more insidious than communism," the bodybuilder-turned-politician said Tuesday in a speech to the Republican convention.
Bush "knows you don't reason with terrorists. You defeat them. He knows you can't reason with people blinded by hate," he said.

Putting his star power to work for President Bush in a prime-time address, Schwarzenegger also urged optimism about the country's economy.
"To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: 'Don't be economic girlie men!"' Schwarzenegger said - a line from a Saturday Night Live spoof of him that he used against Democratic legislators earlier this year.
Schwarzenegger was trying to reintroduce himself as a politician to a country that might still see him as a movie star. The convention appearance was his first chance to give a purely political speech to a national television audience since taking office in California last November.
Schwarzenegger's wife, Kennedy relative and Democrat Maria Shriver, watched from a convention hall box with the couple's four children, aged 6-14. She was seated next to President Bush's parents, Barbara Bush and former President George H.W. Bush, who appointed Schwarzenegger to head the President's Council on Physical Fitness.

"Wow, this is like winning an Oscar - as if I would know!" the governor said when he took the stage to wild applause from delegates who waved signs reading "The Governator" and "Arnold Rocks."

In his remarks, Schwarzenegger never named Democratic nominee John Kerry, with whom he is friendly, and the speech was peppered with jokes rather than partisan attacks.
Schwarzenegger told delegates how he arrived in the United States as a young bodybuilder knowing little English, became Mr. Universe, a Hollywood star, and then governor of the nation's most populous state in an unprecedented recall election last year.
He welcomed his fellow immigrants to the Republican Party. "We Republicans admire your ambition. We encourage your dreams. We believe in your future," he said.

"I want other people to get the same chances I did, the same opportunities," he said.
He said he decided to become a Republican after watching Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon debate. He said he concluded, "Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air."

How could other immigrants know they're a Republican?

"If you believe that government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government - then you're a Republican!" he said, repeating the refrain that brought the crowd to its feet.

Recalling growing up in Austria when the Soviet tanks rolled through his homeland, Schwarzenegger said the Bush administration should not waiver from its determination to fight terrorists scattered across the globe.

"My fellow Americans, make no mistake about it - terrorism is more insidious than communism, because it yearns to destroy not just the individual but the entire international order."

Earlier in the day, Schwarzenegger made an unannounced stop at a Manhattan fire house that suffered heavy casualties on Sept. 11 and bought pizza for the firefighters.

Despite Schwarzenegger's praise of Bush, he's been cautious so far in promoting the president's re-election. The two have appeared together in California but Schwarzenegger has sent mixed signals about campaigning for Bush outside California.
Schwarzenegger's popularity in Democrat-leaning California rests in part on his bipartisan, moderate image - an image that could be tarnished if he embraces Bush too closely, analysts say.

Bush's approval rating stood at 40 percent in California in an August poll, compared with 65 percent for Schwarzenegger. The two disagree on issues including abortion rights, which Schwarzenegger supports, and amending the Constitution to ban gay marriage, which he opposes.
And despite Schwarzenegger's welcoming words, the GOP is torn about the face it reveals to immigrants. The new party platform endorses President Bush's request to give temporary legal status to illegal workers, but conservatives hate that plan, and Hispanic groups complain it doesn't go far enough.

Schwarzenegger supports Bush's proposal but is expected to veto a bill that just landed on his desk that would give drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants. He also was criticized during last fall's recall campaign for supporting Proposition 187, the 1994 California measure that would have denied state services to illegal immigrants.
While the speech showcased Schwarzenegger as a political leader, it's not clear what his political future might hold. As a foreign-born citizen he could not run for president unless the Constitution were amended.
Schwarzenegger became governor after California voters recalled Gov. Gray Davis, a Democrat.

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2004-09-01T11:03:00.000+02:00

Full text of remarks by Giuliani is here.

http://daw.altervista.org/giulianiremarks.htm

"FORT SENSIBLE"

2004-09-01T10:44:00.000+02:00

* Mail from Mirko Morini

"FORT SENSIBLE"

If I were in the U.S. maybe I'd vote for Kerry. According to Bush - I suppose - there is a strong link between his religion, his faith, and politics he chooses and puts into effect: instead, I think it is too strong, and so, about how religion and politics stand one with the other, I prefer Kerry. That's the difference. But Kerry is a democrat, and democrats mean more taxes (equation imported in Italy by Berlusconi).
I'm Italian and I can't vote, I can only give an advice. I hope for Bush living four more years in the White House.
I think foreign policy is interesting to me, because I am not an American citizen, and so, when I listen to Kerry saying that he wants a "more sensitive war on terror", I think: "More sensitive... what?".We do not need a "more sensitive war". Maybe a more sensible war but not sensible like "Fort sensible" in an old "The Simpsons", where Bart went to the civic museum and the guide said: "Indians were round the fort and asked for the captain". Bart: "And what did they do? They resisted until they died." Guide: "No. They gave the captain to the indians. That's the name Fort Sensible".

Mirko Morini
http://butirrometro.splinder.com

RUDY GIULIANI: FOUR MORE YEARS

2004-09-01T08:43:00.000+02:00

RUDY GIULIANI: FOUR MORE YEARS

Several of the Mayor's lines brought laughter and roaring approval to the floor audience, but this one had a serious message, and it defines what's at stake in these serious times:
"I don't believe we're right about everything and Democrats are wrong. They're wrong about most things. But - but- but, seriously, seriously, neither party has a monopoly on virtue. We don't have all the right ideas. They don't have all the wrong ideas".
"But I do believe there are times in history when our ideas are more necessary and more important and critical. And this is one of those times when we are facing war and danger. These are times - these are times when leadership is the most important".

http://www.georgewbush.com/

- ITALIAN LINK -
In questa pagina e' stata raccolta una breve rassegna stampa in lingua italiana riguardante la partecipazione di Giuliani alla Convention repubblicana.

http://daw.altervista.org/bush/giuliani.htm

Sen. John McCain: America Will Never Surrender

2004-08-31T12:55:00.000+02:00

Sen. John McCain: America Will Never Surrender

"Our adversaries are weaker than us in arms and men, but weaker still in causes. They fight to express a hatred for all that is good in humanity.

"We fight for love of freedom and justice, a love that is invincible. Keep that faith. Keep your courage. Stick together. Stay strong.

"Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight.

"We're Americans".

"We're Americans, and we'll never surrender."

2004-08-31T00:27:00.000+02:00

Republican National Convention
Prime time lineup

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http://www.2004nycgop.org/features/primetime/

2004-08-31T00:04:00.000+02:00

CONVENTION GUIDE

links:

Republican National Convention (GOP)

GOP Live

Convention Schedule

Republican National Convention (CNN)

You decide 2004 (FOX)